Railway-tie



1. R. 000m. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-13' I919- WITNESSES 224%. ay?

A TTORNEYS rm: COLUMBIA PLANOGR'APH 150-. WASHINGTON. n. c.

J. R. DOOLEY.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- I3. 1919.

A TTOR/VEYS Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WITNESSES JOSEPH ROBERT DOOLEY, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Application filed February 13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosErH R. DOOLEY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Mobile, in the county ofMobile and State of Alabama, have invented a. new and ImprovedRailWay-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription.

This invention relates to railway ties, and has for an object to providean improved tie and improved means for securing the rail thereto. Thenature and objects of the invention will more fully appear upon inspection of the following specification and the accompanying drawingsforming a part thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a tie embodying theinvention and showing the rails secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side view and. partial section taken on the line 2-2 lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33, 'Fig. 1,looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4: isa perspective view of one of the filler blocks or cushioningmembers;

Fig. 5 is a. perspective view of a four-hole wear plate;

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a modified construction Fig. 7 is atransversesectional view taken on the line 77, Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a partial, longitudinal, central.

sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a. plan view of a wear plate and side brace applied to a tie,the rail being shown in section;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 1010, Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view on the line 11-11, Fig. 9; and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the spike or rail-securing hook.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of illustrating theinvention, the tie comprises two sections 1, 2 secured together at thecenter by means of a twopart link 3. Each section is provided with arecess 1 which, preferably, is wider at the top than at the bottom toprovide a slight taper, but shorter in length at the top than at thebottom longitudinally of the tie in order that the recess may beundercut, and preferably at both ends. Within this recess are positionedthree cushioning blocks 5, 6,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Serial No. 276,744. I

shorter and of a different shape in that the two ends thereof areparallel. The recess is shaped to receive the three blocks as a wholeand, accordingly, is irregular in shape at its inner end, a shoulder 9being formed to fit against the inner end of each side cushioningmember. The central cushioning member 5 is shorter than the under-cut recess 4 to permit insertion and removal thereof; and in order to securethe same in place, a wedge 10 is provided at one end. Preferably alocking member for holding the wedge in place is provided. As shown, aplate 11 having a lower inturned end 12 fits against and under the endof the central cushioning block at the inner end of the block. After thewedge 10 is driven into place to secure the cushioning member firmly inthe recess, the upper end of the plate is bent over the top of the wedgeto prevent loosening thereof. The locking plate of tie section 2 isshown as straight, while that of section 1 is shown in finished bentcondition.

Metal wear plates l4, 15 are mounted upon the cushioning members toreceive the rails. The wear plates may be provided with four squareholes to receive rail-securing hooks, or may be provided with a lessnumber of holes, depending upon the stress to which the rails are to besubjected in use. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, which is designedfor use upon a curve, the wear plate 14 on the left-hand side isprovided with four holes for four rail-securing hooks, to secure theouter rail; whereas the wear plate 15 for the inner rail of the curve isprovided shanks of the rail-securing hooks 19, 19.

The hooks engage beneath the central cushioning block and over theflanges of the rail, thereby securing the rail firmly in and may be leftstraight to be bent over I place. These hooks may be made in the formshown, with hooks at both ends of the shanks, or they may be formed withhooks at the lower ends of the shanks for engagement beneath thecushioning members,

the rail at the time of laying the rails. The latter method is desirablein some instances for convenience in assembling. The recess 4: in'thetie is provided at its base with transverse grooves 20, 20 to receivethe lower ends of the hooks 19, 19, and is also preferably provided witha recess at the inner. end to receive the end of the wedge-securingplate 11. r

The connecting link 3 between the two tie sections is formed of twosimilar parts 21, 21 each having an eye 22 to receive the end of theother part, and nuts upon the threaded ends securing the parts together.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6, which is deslgned for llghterservice, the two concrete t1e sections 25, 26 are secured together by asimpler form of link 27, con

sisting of a rod bent at right angles at its ends to engage in holes 28,29 in the tie sections. One cushioning block 30 only is used, and thiscushioning block may be made tapered in cross section (see block 31 inFig.

7 or rectangular in cross section (see block 32 on Fig. 11). r The wedgesecuring plate is also omitted in this construction.

In Fig. 9 is showna wear plate 33 provided with a raiLengaging brace 34for use upon the outer rail at a curve of the track to brace the railagainst side thrusts. The

I said plate is formed from a sheet-metal Copies of this patent may beobtained for blank bent at its outer end to form a brace 34 projectingagainst the web of the rail.

' At each side of this brace are provided webs 35, 35 which are formedby bending downwardly the sides of the blank, and at the inner endeachweb is formed with an outturned flange 36 designed to fit againstthe rail. At the inner end of the plate, instead of employing merely thehooks, such as previously described, a securing plate 37 may beemployed, such platefitting flat against the wear plate and beingprovided with an offset flange projecting over the rail flange. Thisplate is secured in place by hooks, as

previously described, but preferably the hooks are bent laterallyinstead of being swaged over the rail flange as in the constructionspreviously described; (See Figs. 9, 10 and 11). It is to be noted thatthe tie is formed in two sections with means for con-- necting themeeting ends thereof. Such a tie greatlyfacilitates repairs, for if onerail only needs resetting, or if one end of the .lation to each other,consisting of a link formed of two duplicate parts, each presenting aside bar and a cross bar, the cross bar of each part fitting into an eyein the free end of the side bar of the other part; 7 cushioning blocks1n said recesses; means for securing the rails to the cushioning blocks;and means for securing said cushioning blocks in said recesses.

'2. In a device of the'character described, in combination, a concretetie section having an under-cut recess; a cushioning block secured insaid recess having channeled sides; and rail-securing devices fitting inthe channels of the sides of the cushioning blocks and having hooks toextend under the blocks and over the rail flanges. V

3. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a concrete tie section having an undercut recess; threeparallel cushioning blocks in said recess; a wear plate resting on saldcushlonlng blocks; and rail-securing devices fitting in verticalchannels" between said blocks and extending through the wear plate andhaving hooks to engage.

beneath one of the cushioning blocks and over the rail flanges. j v

4:. In a device of the character described, in combination, a concretetie section having an under-cut recess; three parallel cushioning blocksin said recess; a wear plate resting on said cushioning blocks andhaving a downwardly-extending flange engaging one of said cushioningblocks to resist lateral movement of the plate; rail-securing devices tosecure rails to said blocks; a wedge to secure at least one of thecushioning members in the recess; and a locking member eX- tending undera cushioning block and over the wedge. I f In a device of the characterdescribed, in combination, a concrete tie section having an under-cutrecess; three'parallel cushions ing blocks in said recess; a wear platerest ing on said cushioning blocks, said wear plate having one end bentover to forma brace to engage the rail web and having side portionsforming reinforcing webs; and rail-securing devices fitting in verticalchannels between said blocks to securea rail to one of the cushioningblocks.

Josnrn ossier DOOLEY.

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